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Apr 8, 2026

Refugees Challenge Discriminatory Preference for White Afrikaners

Last night, refugees, their family members, and resettlement organizations moved to file an amended complaint in the Western District of Washington in the class action lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). The updated complaint reflects how the government has doubled down on its suspension of refugee processing and admissions over the past fourteen months since President Trump issued his refugee ban Executive Order.

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Dec 16, 2025

IRAP Condemns Expanded Travel Ban

Today, President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation expanding its travel ban to additional countries and narrowing exemptions for family members of U.S. citizens.

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Oct 21, 2025

Afghan Allies Sue Trump Administration for Banning Family Members From the United States

Today, IRAP filed a lawsuit on behalf of three Afghan nationals who provided critical security services to the United States military but were denied the chance to apply for a Special Immigrant Visa (SIV).

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Aug 13, 2025

Legal Practice Toolkit: Advising Clients in Humanitarian Statuses on International Travel

Under the second Trump administration, refugees, asylees, and others in humanitarian statuses face a host

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Jul 30, 2025

Refugee Ban Challenge Will Move Forward as Class Action Lawsuit

Today, a federal court ruled that the legal challenge to the Trump administration’s suspension of refugee resettlement can move forward as a class action lawsuit on behalf of all impacted refugees. The court also denied the government’s motion to dismiss the case.

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Jul 11, 2025

Refugees Arrive in United States Under Court Order

Yesterday, “Pacito” – the named plaintiff in the lawsuit Pacito v. Trump – safely resettled with his family in North Carolina under a court order exempting him and other refugees from the Trump administration’s refugee ban. Several other refugee families are scheduled to arrive in the United States in the coming days.

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Jun 26, 2025

Travel Ban Applies to Refugees, Says Trump Administration

Last night, IRAP filed a motion for an emergency hearing in Pacito v. Trump after government lawyers communicated the Trump administration’s intention to apply the travel ban to refugees, including those it has been ordered to process under a preliminary injunction.

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Jun 5, 2025

IRAP Strongly Denounces New Travel Ban

IRAP responds to President Trump issuing a new proclamation barring most nationals of 12 countries and limiting people from seven additional countries from entering the United States.

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Mar 7, 2025

IRAP Opposes New Travel Ban

In response to Reuters and New York Times reports that, “A new travel ban by President Donald Trump could bar people from Afghanistan and Pakistan from entering the U.S. as soon as next week”, Laurie Ball Cooper, VP, U.S. Legal Programs, at the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), issued the following statement: “Eight years ago, IRAP led the fight against the first Muslim ban. Lawyers and Americans from communities across the country came together to push back on President Trump’s politics of division and fear, and we continue to do so today."

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Jun 2, 2022

IRAP Lawsuit Calls on U.S. Government to Reunite Sri Lankan Refugee Family

Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) filed a lawsuit on behalf of a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee living in Texas who has been waiting to reunite with his wife and children in the United States via the “follow-to-join” (FTJ) program.

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Apr 7, 2022

“President Biden Removed the Muslim Ban but He Didn’t Fix the Harm”: IRAP Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Separated Somali…

Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Mohamuds, a Somali refugee family waiting to reunite in the United States, and sent an open letter signed by more than 75 partner organizations calling on the Biden administration to do more to undo the legacy of the Muslim refugee ban.

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Mar 16, 2022

IRAP Files Lawsuit on Behalf of Separated Somali Refugee Family

Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) filed a lawsuit on behalf of Afkab Hussein, a Somali refugee who has been separated from his wife and their two children for 6 years.

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